FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.

The club's new chairman was former player Otto Kuhn who took over the presidency from Hans Rupprecht at the AGM on 6 July 1929.

The journey started with a train ride on 2 June at 07:15 in the morning which arrived in Leipzig half passed eight that evening.

The next day per bus and ship in a 48 hour journey to Bergen for a match against SK Brann.

Due to the foreseen increase, during this season barrage games promotion-relegation (Serie A-Serie B) were not played, were not required.

The first five games were won straight off, including a 5–1 in Solothurn, a 4–1 against both FC Bern and Grenchen, a 3–0 against Aarau and a 1–0 victory against local rivals Old Boys.

But the team continued their good run in the new year, beating Solothurn 4–1 and even managing a 9–2 against FC Bern.

Karl Bielser was top scorer in the Swiss Cup with seven goals, five of these were scored in the match against FC Dietikon[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.